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Daniel B. Turner
I assemble big ecological datasets from start to finish, from an abstract idea at a meeting to the finished product, with transparent, reproducible, and efficient code. I have studied animals and plants from across the Americas, and I seek to develop novel data science methods to facilitate mulitlateral knowledge exchange between ecologists and their stakeholders.
Education
PhD Candidate, Entomology and Ecology, Evolutionary, and Behavior
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
current - 2018
- Fulbright Open Research Finalist - Brazil, MSU Plant Science Fellow, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
B.S., Environmental Science & Spanish Language, Literature, and Linguistics (minor: Biology)
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
2018 - 2014
Software Development
c4bi: Coding for broader impact
R package leveraging ecologists’ programming skills for effective stakeholder communication.
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Publications
Coding for broader impact: Leveraging field biologists’ programming skills for effective public communication.
Turner, D.B., Behm, J.E., Phillips, P., Ramirez, V., & M.R. Helmus. Manuscript available upon request.
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A new species of Caribbean toad (Bufonidae, Peltophryne) from southern Hispaniola - PDF
Landestoy, M.A., Turner, D.B., Marion, A.B., & S.B. Hedges. Zootaxa.
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2018
Teaching Experience
Statistical Methods for Temporal Ecology
Co-taught graduate seminar in time series analysis, including ARIMA and Bayesian models (9 students; MSU)
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2020 - 2020
Insects, Globalization, and Sustainability Laboratory
Taught laboratory course for non-STEM majors in statistics and insect biology (160 students; MSU)
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2020 - 2019